Lower / raise the sail to the reefing point on the halyard. Use two short lines to tie the larger grommets in the sail to the forward / luff end of the boom / gooseneck and aft / leech end around the boom. Tie the outhaul to the aft grommet and outhaul tightly. Use three short lengths of line or even bungee to run through the three grommets mid-sail just to hold this excess sail material to the boom. Do not allow sail tension to ride on these three grommets, they are not well supported and will tear. The loads have to be at luff and leech ends.

First question that needs to be answered- does your mast have a comptip or is it all-aluminum, and does your sail have reef points?

Hobie did away with the reefing feature on the 16 in the mid-1980’s when they introduced the comptip mast. This is likely why that information has been deleted from the manual. If your mast has a comptip, then you can’t reef.

If you have an all aluminum mast and your sail has reef points, then you can reef and the procedure is pretty straight forward and can probably be explained on the forum.

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